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\No Model.)

' W. H. GLINES.

DBTAGHABL E CUFF BUTTON.

S No. 559,077. PatentedApr. 28", 1896.

INVEN'PUR:

WITNESSES ANDREW BJRANAlL PHOTWUTNQWMIIINGTUN. [LC

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM I-I. GLINES, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DETACHABLE CUFF-BUTTON..

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 559,077, dated April 28,1896.

Application filed February 4,1896- Serial No. 578,010. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. GLINEs, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Providence and State of Rhode Island,have invented a new and usef ul Improvement in Detachable Cufi-B uttonsfor Open or Link Cuffs, of which the following, with the accompanyingdrawings,, hereby made a part hereof, is a description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the two parts, each consisting ofan ornamental head or button and its own particular portion of thedevice for detachably connecting the two together, and represents themin the proper position preparatory to putting them together. Fig. 2represents the next step in putting them together, and Fig. 3 representsthem locked in the position for wearing. Figs. 4 and 5 are side views atright angles to the other figures, in order to show certain of thedetails, as hereinafter explained.

My improved sleeve-button consists of the two heads or buttons A and B,of any ornamental design preferred, each having a piece of thin metal Cand D attached and extend ing in a plane at right angles to its back. Ashere shown, and as I prefer to make them, these pieces are shaped sothat they will incline considerably more in the plane of their surfacestoward one edge of the button than the other, as will be evident uponexamination of the first three figures of the drawings. In one of thesepieces, as C, there is a slot e, and attached to the other piece, as D,by a small neck is the elongated cross-piecef, proportioned properly topass through the slot a when in the right position to do so and then beturned across the slot 6 to prevent its removal therefrom. This part fand its smaller neck are conveniently made of the same piece of metal,as the piece D, and then turned up to stand at right angles thereto.(See Figs. 4 and 5.) These are the more essential features of myinvention 5 but in addition thereto, I further attach to the piece D thelip-piece g, (see particularly Fig. 5,) extending at right angles fromit and with its outer end turned over, so that the edge of the piece 0when turned after the two buttons are placed together will pass underit, this edge of the piece 0 being properly shaped to do so. This part gmay also be conveniently made by turning up a portion of the metal ofthe piece.

D. The edge of C is also so shaped as to have a projection it upon it tocome into contact with the upright portion of the part 9 when v thebuttons are properly together for use, and

j will tend to prevent the parts turning backward when it is not desiredto have them do so, the parts being properly proportioned to just permitits passing the upright portion of the part g when the shank or neck off is at or near the outer end of the slot 6.

The operation of this device is as follows: The two separate parts ofthe button are inserted through its own buttonhole in the cuff, and thecuff is then compressed together back of the buttons, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, to bring the part f in 'alinement with the slot 6, so as topass through it, the relative angular positions of the slot and thecrossarm of the part f with respect to their respective buttons being soconstructed as to facilitate putting them together. Thus in the drawingsthey are both shown inclined to the tear surfaces of their respectivebuttons, alrhough other relative positions than those shown might beadopted; but these two parts must always be so constructed as to permitthe one to come into alinement with the other when the cuff iscompressed, as indicated. Then when the cuff springs out, as it will ofits own accord after the two parts have thus been inserted one in theother, the cross-arm of the part f will turn across the slot e, and atthe same time the edge of the piece 0 will pass under g, the projectionj also passing under it and the projection h coming into contact withits upright portion, thus locking the two parts firmly together in theposition shown in Fig. 3. WVhen once in this position and the cuffplaced on the wrist of the wearer, there is little or no opportunity forthe cuff being so far compressed as to turn the parts back into theproper position for unlocking and detaching them, and the proj ection jtends to prevent whatever little tendency there is to do so.

I have stated above that the pieces 0 and D are preferably shaped toextend much more toward one edge of the button than the other. I do thispartly for convenience in putting the two parts together, they being soarranged that when the two edges of the buttons toward which thesepieces do not incline are brought close together, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, the parts are properly placed to insert the one in the other, theinclination of these pieces 0 and D thus furnishing a ready means ofplacing the buttons in this position, and partly to enable me to morereadily give the slot 6 and the cross-arm of part f the preferableinclination above referred to. At the same time it is very evident thatthis inclination of the pieces 0 and D is not absolutely essential, asthe slot 6 and piece f could be properly placed for this purpose Withoutit.

I claim as my invention 1. The above-described detachable cuffbuttonconsisting of two buttons each having a thin piece of metal attached atright angles to its back, one of said pieces having a slot therein, andthe other having a cross-armed piece, as f, properly shaped to passthrough and turn across the slot in the first piece, substantially asdescribed.

2. The above-described detachable cuitbutton consisting of two buttonseach having a thin piece of metal attached at right angles to its back,one of said pieces having a slot therein, and the other having across-armed piece, as f, properly shaped to pass through and turn acrossthe slot of the first piece, and also a curved lip, such as g, the twopieces being so proportioned that when put and turned together the edgeof the first piece will pass under the lip of the second piece,substantially as described.

3. The above-described detachable cuiibutton, consisting of two buttonseach having a thin piece of metal attached at right angles to its back,one of said pieces having a slot therein and a projection as h on theouter edge thereof, and the other having a crossarmed piece, as f,properly shaped to pass through and turn across the slot of the firstpiece, and also a curved lip, such as g, the two pieces being soproportioned that when put and turned together the edge of the firstpiece will pass under this lip and the projection come into contact withits upright portion, substantially as described.

4:. The above-described detachable cuffbutton consisting of two buttonseach having a thin piece of metal attached at right angles to its back,one of said pieces having a slot therein and projections, such as handj, on its outer edge, and the other having a crossarmed piece, as f,properly shaped to pass through and turn across the slot of the firstpiece and also a curved lip, such as g, the two pieces being soproportioned that when put and turned together the edge of the firstpiece and its projection j will pass under this lip and the projection hwill come into contact with its upright portion, substantially asdescribed.

5. The above-described detachable cuffbutton consisting of two buttonseach having a thin piece of metal attached at right angles to its back,one of said pieces having a slot therein, and the other having across-armed piece, as f, properly shaped to pass through and turn acrossthe slot in the first piece, and the slot or cross-armed piece or bothbeing inclined at an angle to the rear surface of its button,substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. GLINES. \Vitnesses:

WM. R. TILLINGHAsT, THEODORE F. TILLINGHAST.

